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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today unveiled a new LED driver designed specifically for North American street light installations. The efficient LXMG221D-0700040-D2F(TM) LED driver eliminates bulky step-down transformers typically used in street light fixtures in these markets, providing a single-step conversion from 347VAC...

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Through a $7.2 million energy savings performance contract, Siemens Building Technologies announced today it is helping the City of Merced, Calif. reduce its energy consumption while supporting local jobs by hiring local subcontractors to deliver the project. Merced's energy efficiency upgrades and equipment retrofits cover 17 main city buildings, seven city parks and the Merced Regional Airport. Siemens is also replacing thousands of...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has announced it has upgraded its outdoor LED LightBAR(TM) technology. Internally developed at Cooper Lighting's accredited state-of-the-art LED Innovation Center and integrated in multiple product lines, the new system's unmatched optical performance delivers improved lumen output and efficiency,...

PENANG, Malaysia, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new lighting technology and products from ecoNoon could provide the best LED lighting solutions to meet the world's growing need to save energy on lighting in commercial, industrial, residential and public spaces. "Consumers who are looking to brighten up the dark days of searching for new products need to look no further than LED lighting solutions provided by ecoNoon. Energy used for lighting is an astronomical cost for businesses and...

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to municipalities' calls for a cost-justifiable, high performance LED street lighting solution, Appalachian Lighting Systems (ALSI) today announced the launch of its new ALLED® SL4, the industry's first LED street light featuring a two-way internal wireless control system. The ALLED® SL4 can be configured to replace 70- to 400-watt HID roadway Type III and V fixtures. It will save up to 75 percent or more on energy costs with...

  Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards for 'classic' pollutants, there should also be regulations and rules for the pollution stemming from artificial light at night," says Prof. Abraham Haim of the University of Haifa. "White" light bulbs that emit light at shorter wavelengths are greater...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the goal to reduce and save on energy usage as well as maintenance costs along city streets, officials from the City of Boise, Idaho, selected to install four new LED products from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. These new products will replace and retrofit over 1,000 city street lights along collector roadways, bridges and...

PENANG, Malaysia, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new lighting technology and products from ecoNoon could provide the best LED lighting solutions to meet the world's growing need to save energy on lighting in commercial, industrial, residential and public spaces. "ecoNoon has created a breakthrough technology to improve energy efficiency in lighting. The new technology allows LEDs to work effectively in the unchartered territory of higher wattages that are far beyond anything available...

NEW DELHI, India and SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At a press conference held today in India, Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), the world's premier maker of LED lighting solutions, and Dixon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, a world-class electronics products manufacturer in India, unveiled one of their first joint products: a high-performance, sub-$15 omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb that will be available in India by the end of the year and will be...

BURLINGTON, Mass., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of Boston will be seeing the city in a whole new, brighter light thanks to new light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting from Philips. Improving the city's energy use and environmental footprint, more than 14,000 mercury-vapor street and roadway luminaires are being replaced in Boston neighborhoods by Philips Hadco's New RX1 and RX2. The LED's - which maximize energy savings and provide uniform, comfortable and...